Scene from the Great Flood

It was first exhibited at the Paris Salon on 4 November 1827 although - as a laureate of the Prix de Rome - he could not compete for the awards of that Salon.

The French state purchased the work for 3000 francs and it is now in the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon.

The painting illustrates the biblical flood that wiped out humanity on earth.

In the biblical story Noah and his family survive.

The painting is seen as an allegory of a man attempting to save his father while a stable woman with a child begs for his help.